WASHINGTON- Bipartisan Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (D-Texas), Marc Veasey (D-Texas), Bob Latta (R-Ohio) and Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) created a bill to establish a pipeline safety enhancement program. The Pipeline Safety Pilot Program Act is an amendment to Fletcher's PHMSA reauthorization bill. This bill has backing from the American Petroleum Institute and the Association of Oil Pipe Lines. The bill will help establish training programs to enhance safety for workers from 2020-2026 to look at new technologies and operational practices for pipeline facilities and hazardous liquid pipelines facilities.

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